>> a supercyclone barrels towards india forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate. debt deal proposals, with the white house to end the government shut down. meeting malala, the girl targeted by the taliban sits down with the first family. >> good morning, and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford in new york.

the monster cyclone phailin heading state for the state of odissa. hundreds of thousands taken to government shelters. tourists have left beaches. phailin is so large it's the size of france. twice the size of hurricane sandy and fills almost the entire bay of bengal, supercyclone one of the biggest india has ever seen. said to expect sustained winds of 167 miles an hour and gusts of 200. seth jamil has more from india's coast. >> these are the waves that people come to the beach to look at. couple of meters high and much more frequent than they usually

are. this is literally the calm before the storm, cyclone phailin. now, the outer edge it is really to the north of here where the main part of phailin is expected to hit. there we hear hundreds of thousands have been evacuated into shelters and several units of the national defense forum have been stationed there. this is not going to be a repeat of 1999 where thousands of people were killed. they're telling people to get out of the area now and grouped shelters several kilometers inland. but many people are staying in their fishing communities because they have no one to take care of their things. they are saying get inland away from the storm. >> that was fez jamil.

compare these to recent storms in the u.s., gusts from phailin are reaching 200 miles an hour. whereas hurricane katrina had 140 mile per hour winds. then there's hurricane andrew that caused $25 billion in damage it had gusts of 177. now for the latest, juli galeel. >> they encountered a storm surge that surge was catastrophic. but now this storm is 1550 miles

wide, the distance from new york city to dallas, texas. this is a massive storm with maximum sustained winds close to 160 miles per hour. now i want you to take a look at the eye of the storm, it is weakened, an eye wall replacement, this is hurricanes are called in the thrang atlantd bay of bengal they're called cyclones. now it's weakened just a bit, it's in an eye wall replacement cycle. now in odissa where it's supposed to make landfall, the worst condition of that population is around 7.2 million, what they're expecting is a storm surge of 20 feet or more. a wall of water 20 feet high. it is just a massive storm. they could see over 20 inches of

rain which will definitely lead to devastating flooding, at the time the storm system makes landfall. that will continue tracking north northwest passing across odissa, landfall within the next couple of hours. right now it's close to 5:00 in odissa. will really be a problem all through the course of the night. the reason why we're so concerned is a lot of india's population is right here at the coastline. as i said those folks living along the coast highly urged to get out of phailin's way. back to you morgan. >> thank yothank you. the storm is about 15 miles wide, the distance from new york

city to dallas, texas. joining us is chuck watson. now, we understand the u.s. navy's warning center predicts winds of up to 167 miles per hour. with winds that strong is there really any way to adequately prepare? >> well, with most storms you want to evacuate from storm surge and shelter from wind. that's sort of the mantra that emergency managers use. but unfortunately in this case that's not going to be terribly helpful, a lot of the -- >> mr. watson it appears as if we have lost connection with you. further east in the philippines typhoon mary, there are reports coming in of the typhoon killing more than 2 million without electricity.

as the phi noon makes its way to the south china sea. mr. wattson it appears we have you back, we lost you briefly on skype. you were telling us how people were preparing for a storm this large. >> evacuate from the coast and shelter from the wind and sheltering is a problem through a lot of india because informal construction is quite problematic, blowing debris which injuries and kills people. four and a half million people are expected to be within the hurricane force wind path. that's an enormous evacuation and sheltering problem. in the u.s. if we have a million people, in a hurricane force wind swath, that's considered a major event. so this is one way to put it is 15 times worse than what we would see for a similar u.s. event. >> you describe it as 15 times

worse. how much does a storm cause in damage? >> our forecast is between 11 and $12 billion. to put that in context about economy of india is about 1/10 the size of the economy of the u.s. that is again ten times worse than you would see in the u.s. when you are comparing it to katrina that is a very good comparison economically and potential damage of the storm. >> ty foon nari has just is the number of strong storms we're seeing back to back right now unusual for the pacific? >> it's not terribly unusual. in a normal year there will be 26 to 28 storms. number 25 for year so the number aren't unusual. having this cluster of one in the bay of bengal and two in the

western pacific it's not terribly unusual but to have them strike vulnerable areas all simultaneously that is a bit unusual and honestly it's just bad luck. but i want to mention briefly, we're a bit concerned about that because it looks like it will brush the east coast of japan where of course the fukushima reactors, dozens of those radioactive water tanks sitting on the coast, rain and wind could cause very serious problems so with we're definitely hoping the folks in japan are keeping an eye on this and prepare for the storm. >> chuck watson from atlanta, georgia, joining us this morning. signs emerge from the government deadlock and shut down. president obama and congressional republicans met face to face again. republicans left the meeting optimistic that a deal could

finally be struck. mike viqueira has more from the white house. >> we have entered a phase of fast-moving developments, most of them behind the scene. a call between president obama and john boehner, nobody wants to foul up any negotiations which are evidently at a very sensitive stage. senate republicans was here at the white house, it was finally their turn after senate republicans and democrats had, an initiative by susan collins the moderate republican from maine. lindsay graham the conservative from south carolina spoke very optimistically about what had happened. >> i think you'll see something out of the house in the next 24 hours to reopen the entire government that will have changes to obamacare that will not destroy the program but make it better. i think you'll have an effort by

the house not to raise it for a year but for a period of time. we hope we'll get this behind us in the next 24 hours. there is a deal to be had to raise the debt ceiling in the next 48 hours that will also relieve some of the pain caused by the affordable care act. >> competing with a house republican plan. remember they came back yesterday with a six week extension. the president through his spokesman today backing off any sort of support of that. this past tuesday the president said he would absolutely be open for an extension as short as six weeks. in the meantime, the white house now balking at that as well. house and senate democrats, the president's allies were reluctant to commit to anything like that as a way to brak the impasse. >> better known as the sequester, those cuts are due by january 1st. some of america's iconic

national monuments will open again in spite of the government shutdown. the statute of liberty gran canyon and mount rushmore will be opened. north korea says it's rejecting the noncongregation agreement that secretary of state john kerry offered just last week. north korean officials say they want u.s. sanctions dropped against them. kerry says the u.s. is ready to negotiate that is if north korea abandons its nuclear program. >> meanwhile secretary of state john kerry and afghan president hamid karzai, hammering out an agreement, after the occupation

ends next year. jennifer what can we expect later on? >> we're not really sure, we were expecting a press conference a couple of hours ago these talks have gone on virtually all day in kabul. secretary kerry arrived nearly 24 hours ago, what we thought would be a whirlwind visit. the bilateral agreement, the afghans won't agree to. last week u.s. forces arrested the number 2 leader of the pakistani taliban here in afghanistan and that is likely to also be a sticking point, something the two leaders are discussing. >> okay, jennifer you mentioned the sticking points but we heard one of the issues was karzai's demand that the u.s. would not

intervene in his country again. is that holding up in disagreement? >> well, that's certainly one of the big problems. the question is: what u.s. forces will be allowed to do here after 2014 when the nato mission ends. a security agreement has to be in place if u.s. forces are going to stay here. the united states wanted forces to be able to carry out operations on their own inside afghanistan. that is something president karzai has long opposed and this latest news that u.s. forces have captured a pakistani taliban leader is probably inflaming. if any american is probably going to ease situations between the two nations it's secretary kerry. >> jennifer, thank you for joining us this morning.

three people are dead after a suicide bombing in jalalibad several officers and civilians were injured in the blast. a senior member of the taliban in pakistan is now in american custody. latif mehsud was captured in eastern afghanistan last week. a commander of the tpp arm of the taliban the part of the organization that claimed responsibility for the times square bombing in 2010. it was an abrupt announcement made late on a friday at the pentagon with few reporters in attendance. in an audio-only press conference it announced michael are carey had been relieved of

his command. recent air force investigation concluded careyy showed a lapse in judgment. >> the allegations are not related to operational readiness nor do they involve sexual misconduct. what i want to reiterate is it is not related to operational matters, readiness or sexual misconduct. >> the two star general had served for 35 years, in charge of almost 10,000 people at three military bases. >> when you deal with nuclear weapons, there is no room for error. if the weapon goes into wrong hands the consequences would be devastating so really you have to hold these people to the highest of standards. >> a statement on carey's firing, lieutenant james kowalski said, the air force

continues to execute its mission in a safe secure and effective manner. it's unfortunate i've had to relieve an officer who has had an otherwise distinctive career. it's the second time in a week that a senior u.s. commander overseeing the nation's nuclear weapons have been stripped of his command. tim giardina had been assigned to a new position, following allegations of illegal gambling. insists the security of the u.s. arsenal of nuclear weapons have never been compromised. >> general carey will remain in the air force but will be reassigned. making drones accessible. we'll tell you about the new push to make them accessible for

everyday use. what a catch, lobsters, now is cheaper than the cost much your cold cuts. and as muslims make the annual pilgrimage, debate

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>> drone technology is advancing at warp speed. soon it can change the way we grow our food to the way we enforce our laws. but technology is force struggling to catch up. >> they can swarm like flies and sting like a bee. unmanned aerial drones, scientists say when it comes to this quickly evolving technology, outer space is the limit. stephen gorvan helped design the mars rover. >> in the infancy of drone

development if we can think of all types of instruments we might put on drones to help agriculture, traffic patterns, population growth, i don't know. but there's lots of instruments that are getting smaller and smaller and smaller and more powerful at the same time. >> even as the technology becomes more advanced it's getting more and more accessible. this model sells for $300. >> people have been doing all sorts of crazy algorithms getting it to fly in all sorts of places. once you've got the basics you can easily with a bit more knowledge move on to some of the things we have seen today. >> drones are not just the domain of the military or the state. as they have become more common in the civilian air space, policy and law, that is the debate that's taking place along with very interesting demonstrations here at new york university's law center.

drones mounted with cameras whether used by law enforcement or journalists raise the issue of policy, and liability, where the law is still catching up with technology. >> what are drones but flying smartphones. that means a third party can write an app for it. some kid in the basement. how do you allocate responsibility for the person who owns the drone or the person who writes the software. bones are a result not just bits. >> one thing is certain, drone technology will keep evolving, it's human society that has to catch up you. kristin saloomi al jazeera, new york. >> nyu's drone and air battics conference continues on friday.

malla yousefzai says, they read to resentment among the pctsi people. if we refocus on education it will make a big impact. three million people have gathered in the saudi arabian city. people are worried about the efforts for a face lift. that has many wondering if style is getting in the way of tradition. >> this is what you see from above. the skyline of the holy city of mecca is filled with cranes. a multibillion dollar development project is underway. saudi officials say mecca will

have a state-of-the-art infrastructure and one of the best transport systems in the world. this 3d animation will show what mecca will look like into 2020. tall blts shopping malls bridges and high speed rail are the center of the new project, a massive expansion of the holy mosque to ease overcrowding during peak seasons. the renovation project is a necessity to accommodate the growing numbers of pilgrims. but skyscrapers and sprawling shopping centers, they all agree mecca can modernize but should still retain its authenticity. >> i'm here to enjoy the area but it's been invaded by tall buildings.

one cannot just bulldoze monuments. it seems like saudi arabia has not been attached to historical sites. >> the mountains are actually being leveled and that's sad. one of the -- these are the same mountains that the prophet mohamed used to herd goats on and which was his training for prophethood. >> usama ba is the mayor of mecca. he shows me the oldest picture of the city, it was taken 130 years ago. all the buildings neighboring the kaba have been locked down ever sings. >> people are seeing the huge infrastructure projects and asking questions. they have to understand we are laying down foundations, building roads and building electricity and appliance. but at the same time we are working to preserve the cultural

authenticissity of mecca. >> al jazeera, mecca. >> this year's pilgrimage comes, prompt being saudi security saying that slogans will be dealt with promptly. coming up, the typhoon hitting india. and just ahead gop strategist lenie mcallister. the water crisis plaguing senegal means there's water

everywhere but very little drinkable. how people are coping as the taps run dry. the dodgers and cardinals did not disappoint. we'll go extra innings a little later in sports. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life.

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uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. >> share your story on tv and online. >> welcome back to al jazeera merrick. i'm morgan radford. these are our top stories at this hour. an end to the economic stalemate. president obama and republican congressmen met friday. democrats still contend that republicans must end the shutdown before any deal can be reached. secretary of state john kerry and hamid karzai are extending their talks in kabul.

seek out remnants of al qaeda. and taking aim at india. cyclone phailin, one of the biggest storms in modern history will come ashore today. packing wind gusts of 200 miles an hour and catastrophic tomorrow surge. -- storm surge. cyclone is heading tors odissa. fez how are the evacuations going so far? can the shelters handle the massive amounts of evacuees, i'm sorry fez looks like we've lost you as well. let's bring in meteorologist jaleela acmed.

>> a category 4 hurricane, i'll explain why. within the last eight hours the storm is trying to replace its eye, you can see the eye very well defined but now it's replacing the eye with conditions intensifying. light westerly winds, very warm water as the it continues to track the north northwest winds, with maximum winds of 150 miles per hour. if it can define that eye, it will reintensify to a category 5 hurricane the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane. we are expecting this storm to do so as it continues to track north northwest. this storm is extraordinarily intent, wind speeds of 160 miles per hour. that is if the eye can

reintensify before making landfall. the last time the storm has hit this intense was in 1999. the last storm that hit odissa killed close to 10,000 people, caused billions of dollars of damage. go back to the map as i can show you, continue to show what to expect. 1999 storm had a very well defined eye. this storm packed winds of 195 miles per hour. making it a category 5 hurricane if it was located in the atlantic. you can see a very large population lives in this area. if you live here you really need to evacuate now if you can. morgan back to you. >> thanks so much jelelah.

the typhoon is headed towards india, fez is with us on the phone. fez, can you tell us if the shelters can handle the amount of evacuees? >> morgan i was just at one of the shelters and it seems like a cruel joke. the shelter is right by the ocean itself. there is tidal waves coming. it's hard to standstill, the wind is pushing you and rain everywhere. one of the designated shelters where people have been evacuated to, i went inside and only a couple of dozen people there. hundreds of people were actually on the beach underneath stone shelters kind of casually watching the waves, it was like a picnic atmosphere. storms have come before, and

nothing has happened, they seem to be an attitude that they don't know how strong the storm really is. >> are recovery plans already in place? >> well, the government says they've put the indian army and the indian air force on alert to prepare for rescue operations. but we're expecting ten inches of rain in the next 24 hours and the government has said on paper that people have evacuated and there should be a minimal amount of damage and they're saying no casualties like 1999. however the shelter that i was just in, seems like a lot of things are being said on paper but the reality is a lot different. we'll have to see if that really is the case or not. >> thanks so much fez jamil live if india. house and senate republicans are competing against each other

now for the best deal on the debt ceiling and on the government shownts. join me now is lenie mcallister republican strategist. >> thanks for having me morgan radford. >> why the divide? >> i think both want the exact same thing but different approaches to get to the goal. we need to make sure that whatever the deal comes out of this we have to make sure that that deal provides the economic stability to start creating jobs. the whole push back on obamacare in the first place was the fact that this was going to be job-killing legislation. as we come out of these negotiations we need to create the foundation necessary so that jobs start coming back into america and that small businesses feel comfortable

enough to start hiring people again as we go through the last half of 2013 and into 2014, from a political standpoint and economic standpoint it finally pulls the american people out of the economic people out of recession that wall street has been in for several years now. >> senator lindsay graham says he expects some kind of legislation to cowm out this weekend and if it comes out of the house it would be, quote, better for everybody. what do you think? >> there will be enough influence coming from the senate republicans that will modify the house republican plan somewhat so that wruns are the comes out of the house it's an easier path to pass through the senate. i think that's something that senator graham wants, something from the house, so we're not going back and forth once again

to the conciliation right to square 1. i do believe that we can get to this by the end of this weekend or perhaps monday at the very latest. >> you mention this as an easy path. for many mairnts, it is anything but easy. 70% say republicans are putting their own political agenda ahead of the needs of the country. so what can the party do now to repair that perception? >> i think as the party needs to do is as we're coming out of these negotiations we have to make sure we have a budget for 2014 and the economic power to create jobs. everybody have been talking about illegal immigration to fights over obamacare. starting with president obama's

election in 2008 all the way through several elections henceforth has been about creating jobs in america. if republicans are going to get their political footing once again we have to make sure that as we come out of these negotiations this weekend, as we put something in plagues next week it is something that is going to encourage people to create jobs once again in america. particularly in the small business sector. >> speaking of are footing, ted cruz urged boehner not to cave. but how does he get out of this political intrigue unscathed? is there any way boehner comes out a winner? >> i think the way he comes out a winner again he has to have compromise where he has tangible wins. this is something that the republicans particularly in the house we haven't done a good job of, over the past few years.

when do we get enough concession from this president where we walk away and say we can build upon this in three months, we can build against this in three months. speaker boehner is going to have to ignore some of this and recognize that as we walk away from these negotiations we have enough wins that we are not going to be able to change this plaw completely overnight. it is going to be something that will come through elections and as this is rolling out and as the glitches continue we as republicans have to be in position to provide good legislative proposals so we can fix these glitches so americans get health care reform and economic recovery not just infighting. >> lenie mcallister, strategist. 127 million pounds hauled in

just last year. but the boom has caused prices to drop drastically, creating a dilemma for lobstermen and volunteers. state officials have a plan cooked up to help everyone. >> dawn is just breaking on a are crisp morning in cosco bay. while many americans are sleeping steve trane is leaving shore. he is a lobsterman. now steve's way of life is threatened. joaltejolted because the ecologd the economy of maine is going different direction is. >> it's just, we have the oversupply and not the match. >> led to an explosion in the lobster catch. so many lobsters, prices

plummeted. falling from $6 a pound wholesale in 2005 to about $3 a pound today. >> what will happen is economically as would lap in any industry, some people will survive, some people will not. people will leave the industry and try something else. i don't know what we have for jobs if people aren't fishing. why would you want to do that? it's a way of life. this morning when we were going out, the sun was coming up. you don't want to give that up. you get looked on it. you really do get looked on it. >> maine is launching another $2.5 million marketing campaign and new processing facilities like this may also help save the industry. >> it's amazing to see how fast everybody is working and how much product you turn out. you've been doing this for a long time. are you still in awe?

>> i got a great team. the pickers are tremendously skilled. every once in a while it's fun to jump on the line and try a hand at it but it doesn't work. >> mike molden is president of the lobster chain luke's lobsters. >> the average price was $30 and they were all screwing them up. >> he was inspired by the coastal lobster shacks. he aimed to provide a simple sweet lobster roll. >> we started small and fast forward we have seven locations in manhattan, 3 in d.c., this is our latest venture, it is a 16,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility. >> this facility has produced

45,000 pounds of lobster in too day. do you see a day when lock sister is becoming a bigger part of the diet, are we getting to that path? >> finding new and unique ways of shipping lobster. i don't think it's going to become as available as burgers but is it going to be more so? i believe so. >> compete with canadian lobsters as well as spiny lobsters from the caribbean. in west virginia a logging truck has collided with a passengers train killing one and injuring 24. the accident happened 160 miles charleston. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. rescuers are still looking for survivors after a boat

capsized just 70 miles off much lampedusa, italy. the death toll currently stands at 37. the accident came one week after 500 were approaching lampedusa. the waters off lampedusa are turn into a sell trea. suburbs of the capital of senegal, the situation getting worse by the day. >> this is what happens when a city of a million people runs out of water. to each his own. most taps are dry and people are thirsty. there is little to bathe with to cook or to clean. some schools have had to shut

down and hospitals are running out of their reserves. water has become so precious it is now being rationed but there isn't enough for everyone. >> we are tired of this. we wait here morning, evening and night but not a drop in sight. we are fed up with this situation. >> the problem started two weeks ago when the only pipe connecting dakar to its water source broke. a contractor is repairing it but taking longer than estimated. >> our politicians don't care about our problems. they have complete disregard to our daily difficulties. >> every year during the rainy season heavy downpours flood the suburbs of dakar displacing entire neighborhoods. this year was no different. >> the rains have stopped but the water still hasn't receded.

this neighborhood has been this way for weeks. water all around but drinking water is nowhere to be found. this is an ideal breeding ground for diseases like cholera. oxfam. sen galleesenegalese authoritiee promised to replace the houses, but there's not enough cement needed to rebuild homes. >> we are working on a ten year plan to find a solution. we don't claim to be able to find a solution in a year. >> this water crisis is turning into a major crisis for the government. for those who are waiting the solution cannot come soon enough.

nicholas honk al jazeera, dakar. good morning everyone, i'm mark morgan. major league baseball, four hours 47 minutes, the longest postseason game for the dodgers, boston red sox against the brooklyn dodgers. two outs, bases loaded, not for long, juan uribe, the dodgers gain a 2-0 lead on the road. cardinals, two on two out, carlos beltran, joe kelly and matt carpenter scamper home. bottom of the 9th, still two apiece after back to back walks,

brian wilson, wilson gets jay the to fly out, wilson out of the jam. in the 10th, the go-ahead inning, fly ball to shallow right center. beltran, yadier molina, bang bang double play to end the inning. worth another look. molina blocks the plate, holds onto the ball. we play on. bottom of the 13th, runners at first and second, there's beltran, a hero again. that scores daniel descalso, thrilling game one, 3-2. beltran has 16 homers, four doubles 34 rbi and batting .345.

if reggie jackson was mr. october what is beltran? >> in a game lasting almost five hours a fitting hero wins game 1 of the nlcs for the cardinals. bottom of the 13th inning in fact he drove in all three runs for st. louis,. >> i try not to keep up with the numbers, because when you try to keep up with the numbers you know, you could get caught up there trying to do a lot of bad things. you know and trying to look for homers and trying to you know change your approach so i know that i'm aware of what i have done. at the end of the day i understand this is not about me, it's about the team because in order for a team to win a ballgame, a lot of things have to turn out the right way, we have got to pitch and hit and come around defensively.

i've been able to do that god willing. >> the cardinals will send the rookie back to the mound michael waca. will face clayton kerrshaw who suffered two losses. >> game 2 is at fenway while tigers go with anibal sanchez. >> this is the final 4, they're putting a real good team out there, we're putting a really great team out there. and congratulations, it's tough to get here believe me and now once again it becomes a crap shoot. i think each team is going to play to their strengths. power arms power bats they do

have speed at the top of their order. but you know jim is going to run his team as he sees fit. if there's a different style it's probably paws of the strengths of the rosters as they stand today. >> the u.s. men's soccer can championship captured their last month. qualifying group last night the u.s. facing jamaica, 77th minute, alejandro bedoya, 1-nil lead. four minutes later, team u.s.a. strikes, jose altador, victory sweet, 2-0 your final. that's your morning sports i'm mark morgan. >> thanks so much mark. the game the comic and the

costumes. comicon invades new york. techknow - ideas, invention, life. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the entertainment industry there. next.

>> now if you are a comic book junkie then comicon is the pinnacle of your year. right here in new york city. john terrett reports, the latest and the greatest in comics and video games. >> it's not every day you find baba fet from the star wars trilogy playing the accordion. we knew something was up and then we realized. >> come to comicon. >> before we realized, 96y a little chilly as red sonia. >> i've if gone about to taxidermy some feet. it's pretty gross. >> nothing as far as the eye can see. >> 130,000 are expected here, fans of comic books, graphic

novels, films, and the stars of some of those shows. many people have dressup in costume. >> eli and batman. >> i'm heady and many i'm elvira. >> i'm terry, i'm doing subzero? from mortal combat. my wife alexis is from mortal combat too. my wife isn't in the costume. interthese writers are all with dark horse comic. >> it becomes such a part of your life, you want to share it with people when you have the opportunity to share with 50,000 people why wouldn't you? it's the world's biggest

contest. >> stan is a zombie and been doing this since he was a kid. >> love zombie police officers and stuff like the walking dead put it in concept. >> if you want to dress up or down, give comicon a try, but next year. this year's sold out fast. john terrett, al jazeera new york. >> dozens in the united states with the largest taking place in san diego. at the end of our first hour here's what we're following this morning. cyclone phailin is expected to make lafnld in the next couple of hours. and examine states will fit the bill to pai for personnel. and secretary of state john kerry is in afghanistan meeting with afghanistan president hamid

karzai about security. the dodgers and the card naturals kept fans in their seats for over four hours. very serious are cyclone phailin will make its way across independent, it is going to being if incredible. storm surge of 20 feet. we'll be back very soon. >> that does it for this hour of al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. we'll be back at another hour of al jazeera continues. on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you.

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in gaining strength. a super-cyclone barrels towards india forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. typhoon nari douses the philippines and heads towards vietnam. raising the debt ceiling before the nation can default. >> hello and welcome to al

jazeera america i'm richelle carey, the cyclone phailin is headed straight towards the state of odissia. hundreds of thousands have been evacuated taken to government shelters. tourists have left the beaches, travel conditions have deteriorating. phailin is so large it is the size of france. twice the size of hurricane sandy, fills the entire bay of bengal. supercyclone, bigger than the world has ever seen. sustained winds of 167 miles per hour. fez, by all indications this could be one of the deadliest storms that india has ever seen.

is the country as ready as you possibly could be for something like this? >> richelle, government officials here say they are ready and one of the ministers of the state of odissa say they expect a zero casualty number at this time, one of 150,000 from the state where i am now. they are actually at odds with some of the stuff coming out of the meteorological conditions around the world. underestimating it saying countries like the u.s. could be overestimating it. they do say they are prepared and have veactd people in the area. this will affect about 10 million people, more than the population of new york city will be evacuated by the cyclone.

>> what about the differences in what the various services are saying? this could be a matter of life and death. >> it very well could be. but relying more on their own resources and we're not sure but their meteorologists are saying this is going to be a danger but not as much of a daifng than everyone else is saying. but they say hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated. one of the stories is a two story stone school right next to the ocean. all the people being evacuated down the village are being evacuated down the street to the school. a lot of things say one thing on the paper but what the reality is is different. >> to give you an idea of how strong the winds are from phailin, gusts from phailin are

preaching twoond minutes. hurricane katrina had 140 mile per hour winds. hurricane andrew was a category 5 and caused $2005 billion of damage in 1992 and had gusts of 177 miles an hour. typhoon nari has smashed into the philippine coastline. 75 miles per hour and gusts up to 93 miles per hour. reports coming in of a typhoon killing at least eight people so far, left more than 2 million without electricity. thousands are in government shelters, tie 15 is in south china sea, heading towards vietnam. chuck watson thank you so much for your time. let's talk about phailin, this thing is 1500 miles wide.

about the distance from new york city to dallas. how exactly do you even begin to evacuate from something that massive? >> well, that is a real problem. and i'm quite concerned that we're getting conflicting messages from the indian emergency management officials. we're looking at roughly a six meter storm surge carlos to 20 feet on the coastline. there are four and a half million people just within the hurricane wind swath that's an enormous problem. when you include people nearby, particularly in inland areas with substandard construction, we think there's about 15 million people who are vulnerable from the storm. ists a very bad situation and for them to say zero loss of life it's going to be a miracle if no one's killed. our computer models are

estimating several hundred casualties out of this event. >> tell me about the structural damage this storm can do. >> the first thing you worry about is flooding. actually, most people are killed by storm surge. enormous storm surge, so the flooding can go up exr several miles. that's the first thing you hear about. hearing they use shelters close to the shoreline is quite worrying. even relatively light winds, damage we get to mobile homes when there's winds 30? 40 miles per hour, the informal construction available in india, tin or aluminum roofs that become projec projectiles whicha

good wind a house will come apart with 120 miles per hour. even 150, one 60 miles per hour, a well constructed building will come across. >> chuck watson from the kinetic analysis corporation. jelelah ahmed, good morning. >> good morning richelle. category 4 hurricane, the equivalent of a category 4, the reason it's been down graded is during the last eight to ten hours, the strongest portion of the storm has been trying to redevelop. it usually does that when it's over warmer water. that's what's happened across

the bay of bengal. as we continue to monitor this storm we continue to watch it track north northwest. now the actual eye of the storm continues to make its way to the north and it's making its way north. that's why the situation is deteriorating across odisha. there is a lot of areas that have rivers and dell as the so the reason why this area is so subject to severe flooding is because not only the population density, there's 7.2 million people lying in the path of odissa, a lot of the mountainous area, lot of the folks liver in odissa, really doesn't make a difference whenever the structures aren't there to support the people. so we're talking about a 20 feet or more storm surge, in addition

to that, wind gusts of 160 miles per hour, at least 150 miles per hour but up to 160 miles per hour and 20 inches of rainfall. this is a very dangerous storm and i think the folks there need to take it seriously. the indian meteorological authority makes it seem different but the last time a storm hit was in 1999 and killed thousands of people. we will be monitoring this throughout the day and concerned and vigilant as the storm makes its way often land. >> i know you were concerned about this, this was the first thing you mentioned to me as i saw you this morning. the president wants the people to agree to raise the debt ceiling throughout the holidays. the onus is on the republicans to step up and do the right

thing. >> i've met with very innovative small business people, the pain of this republican shut down has trickled down to their bottom lines. it's hurting the very citizens that our government exists to serve. that's why a growing number of reasonable republicans say it should end now. >> meanwhile republicans at the white house meeting friday feeling optimistic that a deal could be reached sooner rather than later. >> i think you'll see something come out of the house in the next 24 hours to reopen the entire government that will have changes to obamacare that will not destroy the program but will make it better. i think you'll see an effort by the house to reach the debt ceiling not for a year but for a period of time. i hope the president will accept these gestures, there's a deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling in the next 48 mowrs that will ease the

pain caused by the affordable care act. options potentially on the table, joining us to discuss this is kevin serili, reporter, thanks for joining us. senator linder sai graham just said a mouthful didn't he, he hopes to have legislation to end this, but he says there might be changes to the affordable care act, how realistic is all that that lindsay graham just said? >> thank you for having me. how realistic kind of remains unknown. house republicans or senate republicans are even quite aware of the details in any plan. the main thing with republican susan cla collins claim, there would be a removal of the tax

against medical, more temporary and is only six weeks. >> so who really has the upper hand right now? >> i don't think anybody knows. i think speaker john boehner's back is up against the wall in trying to negotiate not only with president obama but also the tea party republicans. he's in a very tough spot and i think you're seeing senate republicans perhaps a little bit frustrated with that lack of republican leadership. >> and actually, that actually makes a good point. you could be -- you could have the upper hand within the republican party and there's whether or not you had the upper hand as the president or the republicans because there are multiple battles going on here. >> exactly. when you think back to senator bob corker, republican tenness tennessee, john mccain, republican arizona, all have

said defunding obamacare is not upon at all. unlike ted cruz. the general consensus is yes we are inching towards a deal and defunding obamacare is not going to be a part of i.t. >> when we get to the debt ceiling are october 17th do you think more nervesness will verbalize? >> i cover finance and i speak with analysts on wall street and main street. and this feeling of economic uncertainty is just crippling for an economy that is just inching out from the recession. i think wall street reacted positively last week when news of a potential deal emerged in the reports and so i think that wall street at least is anticipating that we will not hit the october 17th deadline just because of how autism that could reverberate for the economy.

>> is it possible that wall street has the upper hand because they're the ones that are saying guys you better get it together? >> that's a good point. but i also think that the recent polls that have come out that show a dismal outlook, we are just around the corner from the 2014 elections. i think for an incoming candidate, dret or republican, you don't want to be campaigning with a shut down government. >> thanks for joining us, have a good day kevin. some of america's iconic national monuments will be open again despite the government shutdown. the statute of liberty, grand canyon and mount rushmore will

be open. losing $76 million collectively per day in visit spending. north korean officials say they first wrabts u.s. sanctions dropped? , if north korea abandons its neecialg program. they began nuclear testing in february. secretary of state john kerry and afghan president hamid karzai are meeting, and trying to hammer out provisions after the mission ends in jab. the u.s. wouldn't intervene in his country no raids anything like that. is there any note of progress on that front. >> well a long day of negotiations here in kabul for

secretary kerry. he's already a couple of hours past the time when he was supposed to leave the city and that is one of the big sticking points. state department officials as secretary kerry arrived in kabul said that one of their objectives were that u.s. interests were well handled but president karzai doesn't want afghanistan's sovereignty threatened by u.s. forces in pakistan carrying out their force. needed to be in place if u.s. forces are going to remain here in afghanistan in 2014 when this u.s. mission ends. would like the the equipment out of the country and get the troops they want to stay in place so a very, very crucial agreement here in afghanistan and clearly some problems,

negotiations going often hours longer than expected. >> i guess some could say that's a good thing that they are at least continuing to talk. on the other hand, jennifer, karzai wants the security to continue, which puts the united states in a difficult position with pakistan, write is what is taking place in these lengthy talks as well. >> yes, that's right, richelle, president obama has asked security forces, especially with its ally pack tan, that has been another point that the two sides have been able to agree on. they don't expect secretary kerry to wrap up the deal but make some progress. >> jennifer thank you very much.

mrs. out of afghanistan a suicide bombing out of jalalabad. there has been a rise of is a side attacks as u.s. considers a troop withdrawal from the region. a senior member of the pakistan taliban, latif massoud who claimed responsibility for the times square bombing three years ago. drones are moving to your neighborhood to create a brand-new industry along with it. and college students in grease are forced out of their university.

>> welcome back. in west virginia a logging truck has collided with a passengers train. the accident happened friday about 160 miles east of

charleston at cheat mountain. officials say the train was taking passengers on a scenic tour through the mountains. one person killed 64 injured. cause of this accident is still under investigation. rescuers are looking for survivors after a boat capsized 70 miles off the shore of lampedusa. boat carrying 200 migrants from malta. a week after 300 mieg rants drowned as they were approaching lampedusa. officials say the waters are quickly turng int turning into l trea. government in are greece say 600 could lose their jobs because of are cuts demanded. >> it is a tense meeting, half of these 800 employees will have

to go the government says bearing the brunt of higher education. no enrollments, no graduations and no teaching. students are siding with staff. students like a student who worried about the job market he will face. >> we support the staff not because 400 families are being shuttered but because of the result on the university. >> this wave action simulator, the economic crisis has already claimed teachers. >> in 2005, we use evidence almost half in just two years. a drop of a billion dollars. putting greece in the pom of the

european union. students say they stand united against the government, the polytechnic has a history of, the military government of the day used a tank to smash through these gates and killed dozens of people but ultimately it brought about its own downfall. >> the conservative don't k it plans to divert more people to the this. >> we say that there's nothing wrong, there's nothing wrong with a technological education. there's nothing wrong in being a technician. in acquiring skills and getting out of the market. >> it's a brave new world for universities as well as graduates. they are being told the pump up their budgets with private

money. fees which are currently unconstitutional will then only be a question of time. john siropolous, athens. >> the website will use your data, name, photos, product reviews, information used like the way you they mr. is. >> 11.6 billion in 2023. andy gallagher reports from florida on companies trying to profit from the i technology. >> this is a maverick and inside its carbon fiber body this tiny aircraft carries with it cutting edge technology. controlled either by remote or by a preprogrammed flight path. it offers drivers a bird's eye view from down below and can launch from just about anywhere.

he says buyers from just about anywhere is lining up. >> we can also do this, we can do agriculture, pipeline smerks, and we're getting feedback that the plane is even more industrial than weigh thought. >> increasingly being approved by the u.s. imofs in the space,. >> the these craft are currently being bought by the u.s. mull tri sill engineers and the emergency services. as thes eyes in the sky are more prevalent there are concerns about privacy. >> it's the lack of regulation that bothers him most. >> the restraints, i need to see that, as a matter of public policy of a great power. i haven't seen that.

needless to say i'm easily advised but i'm not the only one. >> there are no concerns about privacy. the company's kerry says drones have been used to fight fires and save lives. and invading people's privacy is the last thing on his mind. >> we voluntarily carry cell phones, these tools that exist much more easily violate or prieives or violate our rights than any unmanned aircraft system. >> while the use of drones continues to heat up it's estimated that by 2017 there with will be hundreds of these over the coast. andy gallagher, joorlings. >> they bleeft the pipeline could be the use for good about.

>> i don't want to be on the streets. you don't know what it's like to go from hotel to hotel. >> how the standoff in washington is threatening people who are just hanging on by a thread. and thousands of cattle are dead, victims of a blizzard. >> the postseason is known for drama and the dodgers and cashed analysis did not disappoint, we'll go later in sports. than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real.

[[voiceover]] no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. >> welcome back i'm richelle carey these are your top stories this morning. hundreds of thousands of people are moving to temporary shelters as cyclone phailin heads towards the east coast line. meteorologists say it could become a supercyclone.

meanwhile, typhoon nari has left at least eight people dead and more than 2 million without electricity in the philippines. thousands have already run into government shelters as the typhoon has made its way into the south china sea. republicans raising the debt ceiling, some that he resisted through the shutdown, thousands of people could suddenly find themselves without homes. facing eviction november 1st. >> these are the faces of some of l.a.'s most fragile families. eight-year-old jade. ten-year-old elton. their mother yekenia. then celia is a single mother of five. each week she comes here to get food for her family. once a month she gets to pick

out clothes for her kids. >> oh that's beautiful. church looks nice on sunday. >> if a federal budget isn't passed soon, celia and her five children could be back on the street homeless for the second time. >> i have a lot of emotions, i don't want to be on the street. you don't know what it's like to go from hotel to hotel. you don't know what it's like to be dragging your children out in the street, we know that, we actually slept in parks just to get into shelters. >> celia now lives in section 8 housing. for more than 2.2 low income families nationwide. in l.a. county more than 23,000 families depend on section 8

vouchers. >> they can't rent on the rental market because they have limited income. many instances it's a significant subsidy. it could be 70 to 80% of their rent that we're subsidizing. >> but the program the nearly out of money. the u.s. department of housing and urban development november rents may not get paid. >> one of the largest populations in the country with 58,000 sleeping on the streets each night. thousands more could join them if money for section 8 housing vouchers doesn't come through. >> we're talking about a downward spiral at the time seniors disabled individuals have limited options. the sequester cuts came on the heels of cuts to this program that already took place years

prior. >> remember the sequester that took place back in march? that tapped the l.a. housing authority dry. the section 8 program was long in jepped, before the housing lights went out. >> they are at a total crisis so the federal sequester has cut off their arms. the federal shut down is going to cut off its head. >> i'm a hardworking mother and i want washington to know that it's not fair prospect because i have worked so hard to pay my taxes every year. and new cult this from me and my family you're going to put a family of six out on the street. >> those living on the margins now forced to also live on the edge. waiting for washington. jennifer plon don al jazeera, los angeles.

>> section 8 began to deal with the massive number of america's homelessness. traditionally the new york city marathon, shutdown means the federal facility is closed. workers are looking for an alternate site, november 3rd is the race day, last year it was cancelled after superstorm sandy. >> the american cancer are society estimates there will be over 38,000 deaths but hope may be on the horizon. 16-year-old science, yes, i said 16 years old, jack androca has developed a test for pane creatic cancer. first, let's see what president

obama had to say. >> recognized by president obama, 16-year-old jack andraca has been making headlines since winning the 2012 intel science contest. he made his revolutionary discovery. >> jack's method of detecting cancer,. >> 100 people die of pancreatic cancer every day. my motivation ask how am i going to save 100 lives today. >> okay, jack is here to tell us more about his invention. he is in washington, d.c, thank you for getting up so early. >> thank you for having me on the show. >> what makes you think you could create an early test for

pan pancreatic cancer. >> i got interested because a close family member passed of the disease. when someone has less than a 2% chance of sphiex, it costs $800 per test and misses 30% of pancreatic cancers, is 60 years old and is not covered by many medical insurance. i figured hey pretty much anything would be better than this. >> you said you would do something about it. how did you come up with a plan to do something about it? >> i guess it was a bit lofty goal, armed with ninth grade biology i decided to change pancreatic cancer. i used google and wic wikipedia.

i found the one that would work it was in my biology class where i essentially came up with this idea after reading a scientific paper. >> you did all this work in a lab. you had to find a lab. and from the homework i did on you you hit backup 200 different labs to say can i please come work there, is that how this went? >> i typed up this behemoth of a document and send it to johns hopkins and the national institutes of health and then i got 199 rejections from those professors some like saying it's the worst idea they've ever seen and it was really hard for me to keep going on during that period however i kept thinks of mirror uncle and all those people dying of pancreatic cancer. and one accepted me.

>> so were there grown up scientists that were hemming you along the way or was this really all you? >> so my lab mefn or the dr. maetra helped me learned the lab basics but other than that they were supervising to make sure i didn't blow something up in the lab. other than that it was me doing the work in the lab but it was really exciting being able to work in that type of setting. >> how does it make you feel, that you have done something -- it's a few years from being approved but you have done something that could help you save lives, how does that make you feel? to be able to make such a positive impact, are it is really crazy for me. i not this would be a cool science fair project but turns

into something amazing which i was really leap about. >> what's next for you? >> currently i'm working on what's called the triquarter x prize. it's a $10 million prize so essentially develop something the size of a smartphone that you pass over your skin and it will diagnose any disease instantly. and so i essentially have a team of all high schoolers working on this from all these different science fairs and we are going up against a team of all adults and competing for $10 million. >> jack are you still in high school? >> yes, i am still on monday and i'm taking my psats on wednesday. >> could you have hobbies? >> i do origami and math. >> i understand you have pets as well. tell me about your pets? >> i have three ferrets, one is

faraday and jenny weasley and stuff like that and i have a rat and other things other than yourselves. >> i am glad you have broad interests and i am so lucky i got to talk to you. i am very, very proud of you, we are all lucky to have you and i know your parents railroad imr proud of you. jack it was glade to talk to you. >> thanks great to talk to you as well. >> quite a path he's on for sure. i'll talk about another amazing person. drones was on her mind. this is what malla yousefzai expressed her concerns that drone attacks are killing innocent persons and lead to resentment among the pakistani

people. if we refocus on education i shd said it would make a great impact. 16-year-ol16-year-old malala yo. rarners caught by a storm in south dakota, left 80,000 cattle to face the snow. this will cost ranchers millions. for a look at the national forecast now, let's chalk in with meteorologist jelelah are ahmed. jelelah. >> thank you richelle. area of low pressure continues to spin across the north central plains into north dakota but you can see it making its way into drier air. so the bulk of the prescription has really come to a halt. we do have a frontal boundary down into missouri and arkansas.

right around the little rock area and also across st. louis. if you are traveling are i-70 or i-40, be careful. that rain pushes into the northeast. a lot of sunshine today but across the mid dlan mid atlantik being those north and evil winds. going to continue to be a problem. scattered showers and flood warning in effect across portions of south and central pfngz if you are traveling there, use precaution that area of is can clouds, pushes towards the east. for the most part it's quiet across the atlantic, an area of depression around the lesser ann antille servings we have phailin

making landfall, maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. making it the equivalent to of a category 4 hurricane, we are expecting a very, very dangerous situation and the condition to deteriorate over the next several hours of. we'll keep you updated on that system all throughout the course of the day. are back to you racial. >> if name jesus misspelled, the coins have the pope a's official medal, refer to jesus as lesus, 6,000 were ready to go and four were ready to ship out before the mistake was found. the two-year-old son of

adrian peterson is died. joseph patterson was the boyfriend of the boy's mother. peterson said thank you for my fans support, god bless everyone, thank you so much. all right, big night, late night in fact for st. louis baseball, morgan is here with sports, a long night. >> it was, a lot of things major league baseball, going into overtime. four hours 47 minutes, the lodgest postseason game, we pick things up, top of the third, cards at home, no score two outs

bases loaded but not for long, juan uribe, gonzalez, score, 2-0 dodgers. cardinals answer, carlos beltran, andre ethier, can't get it. he tied at 2. bottom of the 9th, still 2 apiece, brian wilson gets jay out to fly out to ethier, out of a january. we go to extra innings, possibly the play of the game, michael are young to shallow right centers, fnlings watch beltran explode, beltran with the throw. molina blocks the plate.

holds on to the ball, ellis out. now we go to the bottom of the 13th. did i mention we would hear from beltran again? one out, down the right field pipeline off ken li jackson, that scores daniel descalso, your final 3-2. in for it postseason games, batting .345. if reggie why jones is superman what is he? >> a fitting hero wins game 1 of the nlcs for the cardinals. carlos beltran drove in the game winning run, in fact he drove in all threeless runs. >> i try not to keep up with the

numbers because when you try to keep up with the numbers you do get caught up there trying to do 72 lot of bad things and trying to look for homers and trying to change your approach. i know i'm aware of what i have done. at the end of the day this is not about me, it is about the team because in order for a team to win a ballgame, a lot of things have to go the right way, thank god it seems like i've been able to do that too. >> and it will be a quick turn around for both of these teams, as game 2 starts 15 hours after the game 1 ended. michael waca flirted with a no hitter in each of his starts, and in two starts against the cardinals this year faced two losses. >> michael thank you so much. the red sox send leftie john

lester to the mound. >> this is the final 4, you know they're putting a real good team out there and we're putting a real good team out there. they're putting a good pitcher out there and we're putting a good pitcher out there. congratulations to the final 4, it's tough to get here and once again it becomes a crap shoot. >> i think each team is going to play to their strengths. this is a team we know will go up against power arms and power bats. jim is going to run this team as he sees fit so if there's a different style it was probably because of the strength of the recovers alast they appear today. >> one other team of note. bearcats, played their first game before ben public was killed in a car accident.

cincinnati trailing 13-27, brendon kay going up top and he finds anthony mcclung. 25 yards later, third quarter and everyone good touchdown bearcaits. cincinnati wins 38-20. i'm mark morgan. >> thank you mark. nation's first coming out day, 25 years ago, coming up, we'll take a look at the way schools are treatin treating transgendey students.

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>> the verdict is still out on obamacare, that's because there's still no data on how many americans have signed up. there have been multiple reports of bugs and glitches, high consumer interest but independent experts say problems are due to software issues. do not expect any official

enrollment data until next month. all trying the best way to save money. one inventer by mit may have the answer. jeraldo has the story. >> right now jose marquez is working on a prototype of a spoon, that can track how fast a person is eating. >> what we're trying to explore here is how do we publish a recipe and go to the radio shack and make it happen. >> jose is head of the little devices lab at mit in cambridge. it's filled with legos toys and threed printers. it is here that his medical team create prototypes. >> we realized that they had a lot in common. small very precise wade widely

manufactured parts they also are highly regulated because of safety for children. >> jose's initial goal was to find ways to collaborate with dock toars and nurses in developing countries. >> what we explain often is taking a toy gun, harvesting the electronics to the tv gun and adapting it to make an iv arm. good he's found uses for these devices right here in america. >> we have recognized that affordability is now interesting in america in terms of health care. >> as the u.s. health care changes, there's a push to reduce wasteful spending. >> we face a crisis as far as the quality and safety of our health care. we need those mad scientists to turn their passion and their creativity to health care. >> one practical application of jose's prototypes is through

maker news. a fund by robert wood johnson foundation. ways to treat their patients using his prototypes. one example is a nebulizer. >> in a pinch you can make one with a bicycle punc pump. >> during sandy blackout? to be able to deliver nebulizer i.t. would be so important. >> imr al jazeera. >> friday was the 25th anniversary of national coming-out day. to recognize those who publicly embraced their identity, since the first coming-out day in 1998, tanya moseley reports.

>> this is zoe, 11 years old and plofs reading playing games and jamming on the drums. >> zoe is a pretty strong kid. so she -- you might think about her that you might get off your guard a little bit because she says i can take care of myself. >> about five years ago zoe revealed something she could no longer keep to herself. she was born a boy but couldn't hide the fact she was a girl. >> nobody really surprisingly a little better than you i think. >> zoe's friends classmates and teachers positive reaction is part of the changing tide says gender specialist adan key. >> this is a new step for our society. >> teaches families how to join

the, key wants too change the way we think about gender roles. >> how do we reframe gender? how do we create a gender inclusive environment that works for all kids when none of us grew up experiencing that? >> two years ago, the seattle public school district approved a set of guidelines on how to meet the needs of transgender students. at the same time, garfield high school experienced an influx of kids five in one year. >> barriers to learning if they aren't accepted for who they are. >> while seattle schools have implemented guidelines experts tell us transgender students around the country still feel marginalized. a recent survey found 78% of transgender students report being harassed in school.

>> zoe's mom feels good about the way things are now, but she worries about the future. >> in a few years puberty and hormones, and zoe feels she's not quite in step with her peers. >> not just feeling but really -- >> and not being. >> a growth, how to figure out how to meet the needs of transgender students. tanya moseley, al jazeera, seattle,. >> sports teams that match their gender identity. that will do it, for al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. more news on the website. keep it here.

>> hello and welcome to the news hour. syrian refugees are the latest victims as another boat capsizes in the mediterranean, killing at least 34 people. a powerful cyclone bears down on india as hundreds of thousands of people flee their homes. delicate diplomacy